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The story of health care in America is loaded with lives that changed in a split second.
Regina Benjamin, the apparent new surgeon general, has a story that is decidedly non-Washington.
The National Quality Minority Forum today unveiled its National HIV/AIDS atlas, showing county-level prevalence data of the illness throughout the United States. The licensing agreement is pretty restrictive — you need to register and, technically, you’re barred from linking to the site — which would seem to defeat the purpose of providing more information. It’s Read more →
Gov. Tim Pawlenty is fond of comparing Minnesota’s social service programs with neighboring states — usually Wisconsin — to show that the state is overly generous. Today, he is expected to announce further cuts in health care coverage for the poor. Ironically, it comes at the same time Wisconsin is expanding its state subsidized health Read more →
I generally find discussions about health care to be endless and unenlightening. So why am I live-blogging today’s Midmorning discussion about the future of a single-payer health plan proposals?
The Mental Health America media awards were announced last night. The pieces that won are worth looking at. PBS won for Depression: Out of the Shadows, which was produced for WGBH in Boston and Twin Cities Public Television in Minnesota. Particularly compelling is the Faces of Depression section of the Web site. National Public Radio Read more →
Hospitals are facing tough times in the aftermath of the legislative session. But medical workers are back doing what they do today anyway.